Bryan County News coverage on Longleaf coal plant proposal and mercury in our waters.

Editorial from the Coastal Courier on mercury in the Ogeechee River, September 15, 2010

Savannah's Tom Barton comments on Senate Bill 486

The proposed 'transfer of power' from citizens to the state is defeated

Atlanta wants water, and since a judge ruled last year it couldn't take water from Lake Lanier anymore, the big city is casting its eyes toward the Savannah River.

Clean water activists are putting pressure on lawmakers to change language in a rule they say weakens regulations for moving water from one basin to another, which a local group claims can damage the Ogeechee River.